diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-and-build.yml b/.github/workflows/update-and-build.yml
index eca7adcc0..35b5faa4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-and-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-and-build.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           access_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - uses: actions/setup-python@master
         with:
-          python-version: 3
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - run: curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/transifex/cli/master/install.sh | bash
         working-directory: /usr/local/bin
       - run: pip install requests cogapp polib transifex-python sphinx-intl blurb six
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@master
         with:
-          python-version: 3
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - uses: actions/checkout@master
         with:
           repository: python/cpython